How To File a Complaint with FTC

the best thing that i have found to weed out these callers is called Phone Tray Free, it only allows calls that you want to come through, is very configurable and works better than any pay program i have tried.  I am using it for my mom and dads phone as they are older and i don't want them to get sucked into anything, it seems to be working very well, the only drawback is that the phone line has to be connected through the computer then you turn the ringer off on your phone and the Phone Tray Free rings through the computers speakers, putting it on an old desktop and that is that desktops sole function is to monitor the calls, it keeps a record of the numbers, dates, and times the calls are made and what the system does with them!!!  very good product for free i have to say!!!

This 212-448-5501 is a problem.  We have a little newborn and the constant calling is a nightmare.

There should be a way to get these scams and business to stop calling? Do they really think that you will give them information? Can't we do something as citizens to ban telemarketing all together?

This is getting too much: distracting, annoying, even disturbing and all unwanted calls. No matter how "insignificant" this issue might sound to some or how some others deliberately paint this issue as such, this is NOT a problem of annoyance only. Ability to place unidentifiable calls is used widely not only by "innocent" marketers, but for criminal purposes, which makes the little benefit of it actually unimportant, and which has to give the Government legitimate grounds for taking appropriate centralized measures to protect individual and public safety. Existing laws has to be corrected and/or new law(s) have to be introduced for this matter, equal to individuals, companies and organizations, with possible rare exceptions for law enforcement and government only and only under special circumstances.

Here are some ideas:

- ALL calls have to be identifiable. Caller ID and Name (Company Name) have to be displayed (real, legally obtained, listed, and that could be tracked back). Calls from public phones/booths have to display appropriate IDs/numbers.

- Technology has to adapt to satisfy mandatory identification. (E.g.: existing devices that currently enable ID suppression have to be rendered unable to place calls without positive identification; an attempt to use such device and/or method has to be tracked and recorded at a service provider level; etc.)

- Any attempt to fake an ID/Name, use someone else’s ID/Name, illegally obtain and use right to hide Caller ID and Name has to be deemed as a punishable offense.

If a person, company or organization is legal and honest there should be no reason to hide their identity. By keeping themselves “private” they are actually violating other’s peace and privacy. (E.g., one can not drive a car without a valid license plate, or enter a plane without a valid passport/ID, etc. Calling without a Caller ID and name has to be viewed as knocking someone’s door with a full face cover mask and costume on.)

Regards,

NKS

I been reading everything use put.I have had the same people call me for 4 1/2 months.i'm so tired with the call's.there has to be something that some one can do to put a stop to this .these people say they are from a car warranty company there # is 702-520-1267 or 720-520-1213 or202-607-2972 i try to ask them anything about them selfs and they hang up on me.if this don't stop i will call the police or disconnect my phone they even call on sunday's.i even have pushed #2 for them not to call back .if anyone now's what to do please tell me . thank you

Not all telemarketers are scammers. There are a lot of honest men and women who make a living working at call centers.

If you do not want what they are offering, kindly refuse and hang up.  They will get the point that you are not interested.

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This is funny, I was here inquiring about the # 866-233-2773.
I clicked on the gov. do not call complaint link, and guess what---------
It reads as follows across the screen----------we are having difficulties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! go figure!!!!!

Getting calls from 801-623-4631 Comes up annonymous. No one answers. Seems a lot of people are getting calls from them.  Someone says it is www.westerndata.com

2 scam calls this week: -800-223-9113 asked my name wanted to send me a new Medicare card (foreigner)claimed with Medicare provision.

This am call from 1-800-224-8606 toll free did not answer!

Looks like all the reports that I have read that something could be done
FCC shut down all these reported scam numbers.

The do not call registry is a dog and pony show. I work nights and can only try to sleep during the day. 888 836 4701 is the worst, I have asked them repeatedly to be taken off their list. Usually they are rude, sometimes swear, always un co-operative and unforgiving. I've not slept more then four hours a day since August and can't go on this way. I want a lawsuit!

Tried to report via web to Do Not Call Registry.  However, for the past few days, they have been "experiencing system difficulties."  Grrrr!

I hate this. I study and work at home and they keep calling and calling. Once, they called at 10 pm! The problem is that one pick the phone and say I don't want it and they don't seem to understand.

they have all kinds of difficulties-----but not doing a damn thing sure isn't one of them.

Next time you are with friends, have a "call the do-not-call offenders party"  Just put the phone numbers of offenders on speed dial and make a game of who can come up with the best "conversation."  You can rate it by number of profanities, innuendos, name-calling, vocabulary usage (for the really smart peoples), threats, mom jokes, other insults...you get the idea.  Just remember to *67 before you call the number so that it blocks your number.
"I have two words for...Therapy."

480-543-1187 Company: Privacy Matters

They called said we won a prize for a few thousand dollars worth of gas and asked "do you have a credit card or something to pay for shipping".

we called it back (i thought it would be funny to put them on the spot) but got an answering machine